Reward our brave Arctic veterans

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‘It is wrong for civil servants with no experience of war to decide who should receive war medals’

Sir, The MoD civil servants, who live comfortable lives without ever
experiencing the horror of war, should show more respect for the men who
gave them the peace and freedom they now enjoy. Instead, they do everything
they can to insult and belittle them (“Arctic
veterans in fight for their own campaign medal”, Register, July 7).

The “five-year rule” they cling to is a rule, not a law, and they ignore it
when it suits them. This so-called binding rule has no formal place in law.
It is merely the guiding principle of the H&D Committee which decides on